The group included the top echelons of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an elite branch of the Iranian military whose portfolio includes
missile development and covert operations.
The main topic that day in May: How to punish the
United States for pulling out of a landmark nuclear treaty and re-imposing economic
sanctions on
Iran, moves that have hit the Islamic Republic hard.
With Major General Hossein Salami, leader of the Revolutionary Guards, looking on, a senior commander took the floor.